JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) found a resignation letter signed by the Head of the Village Device Organization (OPD) without a date while searching the official residence to the private house of the non-active Regent of Tulungagung Gatut Sunu Wibowo and his aide, Dwi Yoga Ambal.
KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo said the search was carried out on Thursday, April 16. The documents signed on the stamp were allegedly to pressure the heads of the OPD so that they would hand over the money.
"During the search, several documents were found, one of which was another OPD head's resignation letter which was made without a date," Budi told reporters, Thursday, April 16.
"This statement is what is suspected to be the 'pressure tool' of the Regent to the OPDs to obey all his orders," he continued.
Budi said that the search would continue. "The search is in principle needed by investigators to find additional evidence needed in the investigation of alleged corruption in the extortion case in the Tulungagung Regency area."
As previously reported, the KPK named the Regent of Tulungagung Gatut Sunu Wibowo as a suspect in the case of extortion and acceptance of gratification with his aide, Dwi Yoga Ambal. This determination began with a hand-in-hand operation (OTT) carried out on Friday evening, April 10.
In this case, Gatut is suspected of having received money worth Rp2.7 billion from the extortion of a number of regional apparatus organization (OPD) officials of the Tulungagung Regency Government, East Java. This amount is only a portion of the request which reached Rp5 billion.
As for the modus operandi, Gatut allegedly forced the OPD officials who had been inaugurated to sign a statement of willingness to resign from their positions and ASN. However, the letter did not include a date and the copy was not given to the officials who had signed.
The letter is allegedly used as a tool for Gatut Sunu to control and pressure officials to be loyal and obey all his orders. For those who do not comply, they are threatened with being removed from their positions or their status as ASN.
The money obtained was then used to buy shoes, treatment, meals and personal needs. Then, there was also the provision of Christmas allowance (THR) to a number of elements in the Tulungagung Regional Leadership Coordination Forum (Forkopimda).
As a result of his actions, Gatut and his aide, Dwi Yoga, are now languishing in the KPK Detention Center. They are suspected of violating Article 12 letter e or Article 12B of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes as amended by Law Number 20 of 2021 concerning the Eradication of Corruption in conjunction with Article 20 letter c of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code.
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